With eyes firmly set on the booming attack surface management space, threat intel powerhouse Recorded Future is shelling out $65 million to purchase SecurityTrails, a startup that helps organizations keep track of internet-facing assets.
Fresh Warnings Issued Over Abuse of Google Services
U.S. government agencies and cybersecurity companies are warning users and organizations about cybercriminals abusing Google services to achieve their goals.
FBI warns about Google Voice abuse
Research: Simulated Phishing Tests Make Organizations Less Secure
A large-scale, long-term phishing experiment conducted in a 56,000-employee organization has come to a startling conclusion: Those simulated phishing tests commonly seen in corporate user-education campaigns are actually making things much worse.
Ubisoft Confirms Unauthorized Access to ‘Just Dance’ User Data
French video game company Ubisoft this week confirmed that ‘Just Dance’ user data was compromised in a recent cybersecurity incident.
The data breach was the result of a misconfiguration that has since been corrected, but not before player data was accessed and potentially copied by a third party.
Targeted Links Used to Steal Tens of Millions in Global Scam Campaign
By impersonating 121 brands, scammers managed to defraud users in over 90 countries of an estimated $80 million per month, Singapore-based threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB reveals.
Trend Micro Spots Chinese Hackers Targeting Transportation Sector
Since the middle of 2020, a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor called ‘Tropic Trooper’ has been targeting transportation organizations and government entities related to transportation sector, Trend Micro reports.
Citizen Lab Exposes Cytrox as Vendor Behind ‘Predator’ iPhone Spyware
The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has discovered another player in the private sector mobile spyware business, fingering a tiny North Macedonia company called Cytrox as the makers of high-end iPhone implants.
Investors Bet Big on Cloud Security Startups Ermetic, Dazz
Venture capital investors are continuing to bet big on cloud security technologies with two early-stage startups announcing a combined $130 million in funding for products to help businesses secure cloud deployments.
Google Says NSO Pegasus Zero-Click ‘Most Technically Sophisticated Exploit Ever Seen’
Security researchers at Google’s Project Zero have picked apart one of the most notorious in-the-wild iPhone exploits and found a never-before-seen hacking roadmap that included a PDF file pretending to be a GIF image with a custom-coded virtual CPU built out of boolean pixel operations.
Corellium Lands $25 Million Investment for Virtualization Tech
Fresh off a high-profile legal triumph over Apple, virtualization technology startup Corellium is now enjoying the attention of investors with Paladin Capital Group leading a $25 million funding round.












